Rory Culkin and his girlfriend Kate Arizmendi poured on the PDA while attending the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on Sunday.
Young actress and cinematographer Katelin, 34, held hands and cuddled on the carpet as she arrived at the Santa Monica Pier for the 39th annual star-studded awards show.
Rory is the youngest brother of actors Macaulay Culkin and Kieran Culkin and also has brothers Quinn and Christian. All five recently made their debut together in an Amazon Prime Video animated series.
Rory, whose film credits include “Scream 4,” “Lords of Chaos,” “You Can Count on Me,” “Columbus” and “Signs,” looked handsome in a black suit with a matching shirt without a tie and black dress shoes .
He had let his dark brown hair fall around his shoulders and decorated it with several rings.
Katelin wore a matching little black dress with spaghetti straps and fishnet stockings.
Rory Culkin and his girlfriend Kate Arizmendi poured on the PDA while attending the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on Sunday
She completed her outfit with black platform heels and accessorized with a black widow's hat and multiple rings.
Katelin wore full makeup and added a pop of color with rosy cheeks and red lipstick, and also carried a black handbag.
Katelin was nominated in the Best Cinematography category at the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards for her work on the film Monica.
Her previous cinematography credits include “Cam,” “Swallow,” “Charm City Kings,” “Dune” and several episodes as co-cinematographer of the hit HBO series “Succession,” which starred Rory’s brother Kieran, 41, as Roman.
Rory married camerawoman Sarah Scrivener in April 2018 in New Orleans, but there has been no official announcement regarding a split.
All five Culkin brothers recently made their debut together in the Amazon Prime Video animated series The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy.
Kieran voices one of the main characters, Dr. Plowp, and his character's siblings were voiced by the “Succession” star's real-life brothers.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, executive producer and co-star Natasha Lyonne, 44, helped close the deal for all five Culkin brothers to work together.
The Culkin brothers appear in the sixth episode of The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy.
Kieran has previously shared the screen with his older brother Macaulay, 43, in the Home Alone series and with Christian, 37, in My Summer Story.
Rory starred in The Good Son alongside his 39-year-old sister Quinn Culkin.
He has also portrayed younger versions of Macaulay in Richie Rich and Kieran in 2002's Igby Goes Down.
Kieren won an Emmy Award in 2024 or took his turn as Roman Roy in Succession.
During his acceptance speech at the Emmys, he emotionally thanked his mother Patricia Brentrup (69) – before taking a swipe at his estranged father Christopher “Kit” Culkin (79) and branding him “some guy”.
Patricia was unable to attend the ceremony due to her poor health.
Drama has surrounded the Culkin family since Macaulay rose to fame in the 1990s for his roles in Home Alone and Uncle Buck.
At the age of 16, he rose to fame for fighting with his now-estranged parents over control of his $50 million fortune during the custody battle between him and his six siblings.
He later temporarily retired from acting and has not spoken to Kit since.
In his 2006 memoir, Macaulay accused his father of both physical and emotional abuse.
He claimed his father threatened to beat him when he was just 11 and hosting SNL in 1991 because he used cue cards.
In 2016, a now reclusive Kit said he “no longer considered Macaulay a son”, while Kieran has not seen his father since 2014.
The Film Independent Spirit Awards, Hollywood's premiere event for the independent film and television community, returned for its 39th annual celebration on Sunday.
36-year-old “Saturday Night Live” star Aidy Bryant hosted the awards ceremony, which was broadcast live on YouTube.
Actress and cinematographer Katelin, 34, held hands and cuddled on the carpet as she arrived at the Santa Monica Pier for the 39th annual star-studded awards show
Katelin wore a matching little black dress with spaghetti straps and fishnet stockings
Rory looked dapper in a black suit with matching shirt without a tie and black dress shoes
Katelin wore a black cap with a widow's peak and several rings
Rory and Katelin posed in the IMDb Portrait Studio at the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards
Winners of the Independent Spirit Awards 2024: AT A GLANCE
MOVIE
Best Feature: Past Lives
Best First Film: One Thousand and One
Best Director: Celine Song for Past Lives
Best Screenplay: Cord Jefferson for American Fiction
Best Leading Role: Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction
Best Supporting Actor: Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers
Best Breakthrough Performance: Dominic Sessa for The Holdovers
Best Cinematography: Eigil Bryld for The Holdovers
Best Documentary: Four Daughters
Best International Film: Anatomy Of A Fall
TV
Best New Scripted Series: Beef
Best Lead Role in a New Scripted Series: Ali Wong for BEEF
Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series – Nick Offerman for The Last Of Us
Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Screenplay – Keivonn Montreal Woodard for The Last of Us
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series: Jury Duty
Best new series without a script or documentary: Dear Mama
Ali Wong was named best actress and helped Beef get new scripted series
The nominations were announced back in December, with American Fiction, May December and Past Lives leading the way with five nominations each.
All of Us, American Fiction, May December, Passages, Past Lives and We Grown Now are all competing for best feature film, one of the event's biggest categories.
A variety of celebrities were up for nomination, including Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and more.
The nominations for best actress went to Jessica Chastain for “Memory,” Greta Lee for “Past Lives,” Trace Lysette for “Monica,” Natalie Portman for “May December,” Judy Reyes for “Birth/Rebirth,” Franz Rogowski for Passages, Andrew Scott for All of Us Strangers and Teyana Taylor for A Thousand and One, Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction and Teo Yoo for Past Lives.
Nominations for Best Supporting Actor went to Erika Alexander for American Fiction, Sterling K. Brown for American Fiction, Noah Galvin for Theater Camp, Anne Hathaway for Eileen, Glenn Howerton for BlackBerry, Marin Ireland for Eileen, Charles Melton for May December, Da “Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers, Catalina Saavedra for Rotting in the Sun and Ben Whishaw for Passages.”
Nominees came from over 27 different countries with budgets ranging from $10,000 to $28 million. Nominations were determined by the Spirit Awards nominating committees based on the following guidelines: uniqueness of vision, original and provocative themes, and economy of means.
The full winners of the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards
MOVIES
BEST FEATURE
We are all strangers
American fiction
May December
Passages
Past Lives – WINNER
We have grown now
Past Lives took home the top honors for best feature film
BEST FIRST FEATURE
All unpaved roads taste of salt
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
Earth Mama
One thousand and one – WINNER
Upon entry
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Presented to the creative team of a film with a budget of less than $1,000,000)
The artificial girl
Cadejo Blanco
Fremont – WINNER
Rotting
The unknown country
BEST DIRECTOR
Andrew Haigh, We Are All Strangers
Todd Haynes, May December
William Oldroyd, Eileen
Ira Sachs, Passages
Celine Song, Past Lives – WINNER
BEST SCREENPLAY
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction – WINNER
Laura Moss, Brendan J. O'Brien, Birth/Rebirth
Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott, Bottoms
Celine Song, Past Lives
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Jessica Chastain, memory
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Trace Lysette, Monica
Natalie Portman, May December
Judy Reyes, Birth/Rebirth
Franz Rogowski, passages
Andrew Scott, We Are All Strangers
Teyana Taylor, One Thousand and One
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction – WINNER
Teo Yoo, Past Lives
Jeffrey Wright won Best Actor for “American Fiction.”
BEST SUPPORT SERVICE
Erika Alexander for American Fiction
Sterling K. Brown for American Fiction
Noah Galvin for Theater Camp
Anne Hathaway for Eileen
Glenn Howerton for BlackBerry
Marin Ireland for Eileen
Charles Melton for May December
Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers – WINNER
Catalina Saavedra for Rotting in the Sun
Ben Whishaw for Passages
Da'Vine Joy Randolph remained on the road to success, winning Best Supporting Actress for The Holdovers
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Marshawn Lynch for Bottoms
Atibon Nazaire for mountains
Tia Nomore for Earth Mama
Dominic Sessa for The Holdovers – WINNER
Anaita Wali Zada for Fremont
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik for May December – WINNER
Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, Ben Platt for Theater Camp
Tomás Gómez Bustillo for Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
Laurel Parmet for The Starling Girl
Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez for Upon Entry
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Katelin Arizmendi for Monica
Eigil Bryld for The Holdovers – WINNER
Jomo Fray for the taste of salt on all dirt roads
Pablo Lozano for Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
Pat Scola for We Grown Now
BEST EDIT
Santiago Cendejas, Gabriel Díaz, Sofía Subercaseaux for Rotting in the Sun
Stephanie Filo for We Grown Now
Daniel Garber for How To Blow Up a Pipeline – WINNER
Jon Philpot for Theater Camp
Emanuele Tiziani for Upon Entry
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Bye Tiberias
Four daughters – WINNERS
On the way to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Kokomo City
The mother of all lies
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Anatomy of a Fall – WINNER
Godland
Mommy Wata
totem
The zone of interest
ROBERT ALTMAN PRIZE
Show up – WINNER
TV
BEST NEW SCREENPLAY SERIES
BEEF – WINNER
Dreaming while black
I am a virgin
Jury duty
Underpants
Beef took home TV's top honor for best new scripted series
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCREENPLAY SERIES
Jury Duty – WINNER
Alan Barinholtz, Susan Berger, Cassandra Blair, David Brown, Kirk Fox, Ross Kimball, Pramode Kumar, Trisha LaFache, Mekki Leeper, James Marsden, Edy Modica, Kerry O'Neill, Rashida Olayiwola, Whitney Rice, Maria Russell, Ishmel Sahid, Ben Seaward, Ron Song, Evan Williams
Jury Duty won best ensemble cast in a new scripted series
BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCREENPLAY SERIES
Emma Corrin, A Murder at the End of the World
Dominique Fishback, crush
Betty Gilpin, Mrs. Davis
Jharrel Jerome, I am a virgin
Zoe Lister-Jones, briefs
Bel Powley, A Little Light
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Ramón Rodriguez, Will Trent
Ali Wong, BEEF – WINNER
Steven Yeun, BEEF
Ali Wong received the coveted “Best Actor in a New Scripted Series” award.
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCREENPLAY SERIES
Murray Bartlett, The Last of Us
Billie Eilish, crush
Jack Farthing, Rain Dogs
Nick Offerman, The Last of Us – WINNER
Adina Porter, The Changeling
Lewis Pullman, Lessons in Chemistry
Benny Safdie, The Curse
Luke Tennie, Shrinking
Olivia Washington, I'm a virgin
Jessica Williams, Shrinking
Nick Offerman nabbed best supporting role in a new scripted series for “The Last Of Us.”
BEST BREAKTHROUGH IN A NEW SCREENPLAY SERIES
Clark Backo, The Changeling
Aria Mia Loberti, All the light we can't see
Adjani Salmon, Dreaming While Black
Keivonn Montreal Woodard, The Last of Us – WINNER
Kara Young, I'm a virgin
Keivonn Montreal Woodard won best breakthrough performance in a new scripted series for The Last Of Us
BEST NEW WITHOUT A SCREENPLAY OR DOCUMENTARY
Gridlock: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Dear Mom – WINNER
Murder in Big Horn
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult by Sarah Lawrence
Wrestler
EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARDS
PRODUCER PRICE
Rachael Fung
Graham Swon
Monique Walton – WINNER